M 6.8 in Japan on 28 Jul 2026 07:27 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1554552
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.8M
Glide number: EQ-2026-000135-JPN
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 32.6817 , 130.7217
Event Date: 28 Jul 2026 07:27 UTC
28 Jul 2026 16:27 Local
Exposed Population: 1.2 million (in MMI>=VII)
Inserted at: 28 Jul 2026 07:46 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.5 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 1 0.1 1
us6000tgb9 Scaled population (raster) 6.45 Max wave alert 0.18m  
  C1 shakemap -0.59 Max wave realtime 0.18m  
  C2 shakemap 0.53      
  Country Vulnerability 0      
  INFORM_normalised 0.57      
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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M6.8 in Japan - EC/ECHO daily mapWed, 29 Jul 2026 17:51

A new EC/ECHO daily map is now available
Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Hope dwindles for rescue in southwestern Japan quake as death toll cli.. 7/30/2026 10:14:00 AM.

KUMAMOTO, Japan — Rural communities in southwestern Japan were struggling to get their lives back to normal Thursday (July 30), two days after a powerful earthquake set off an explosion at a mall, toppled a factory chimney and flattened hom
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Twenty-five cats escape Japan mall damaged by quake 7/30/2026 10:08:00 AM.

Kumamoto, Japan: Twenty-five cats stuck inside a shopping mall in Japan gutted in an explosion after a major earthquake have been rescued, the operator said Thursday, triggering huge relief on social media. Momo, Kohaku, Tango, Shandy -- a
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Ahmedabad: A mild tremor of 2.6 magnitude was recorded in the Ahmedabad district of Gujarat early Thursday morning, the Institute of Seismological Research (ISR) said. The tremor was recorded at 4.39 am, with its epicentre located 29 km sou
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Local, foreign evacuees support each other in quake-hit Kumamoto town 7/30/2026 10:06:00 AM.

HIKAWA, Japan - The recent powerful earthquake that struck Kumamoto Prefecture has left residents reeling from the impact, with local people and foreign nationals in shelters helping each other to overcome their anxiety and daily concerns s
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (90), NEIC (6), OCHA (1), WMO (2), USGS (5), (3), INFORM (4),